Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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